Oh Rats Spoke + Spy Ciderworks, Middletown April 2019 Before you read this page, know this: when it comes to hard cider, I’m not that smart. Years ago, I’d say I just didn’t like them. Then I had some really good ciders from some really good cideries and suddenly I liked a few really good ciders. When I read … [Read more...]
New England Cider Company
Location is BeCides the Point New England Cider Company, Wallingford February 2018 It’s amazing what one can find in faceless corrugated steel and cinder block rows of businesses on a road full of such things in Wallingford. Sure, you can find ambulance chasing law firms and restaurant supply stores and small … [Read more...]
Stafford Cidery
Cockamamie Stafford Cidery, Stafford August 2017 I don’t know where to begin or what to write on this page. I guess the very most important thing is that I know NOTHING about cider. The alcoholic and carbonated version of cider, anyway. As of today, Connecticut has two cideries that produce this type of booze – … [Read more...]
Food & Drink Intro
Connecticut Food & Drink Table of Contents Restaurants, Breweries, Wineries, Cheese! Ice Cream! & More! This page now serves as a fairly robust jumping off point for all sorts of food and drink sections of CTMQ. The state has maintained some culinary “trails” over the years and I’ve done them all. I’ve also … [Read more...]
BF Clyde’s Redux
Just had a few pictures… We try to get to Clyde's at least once per fall, because we're sentient beings. In 2013, we brought a camera and Calvin was now in the picture. So if you want to read about BF Clyde's - and you really, really should, please go here first. The place is as historic as it is delicious. As … [Read more...]
BF Clyde’s Cider Mill
How You Like These Apples? Old Mystic section of Stonington (Google Maps location) October 24, 2009 Note: This page is merely a reprint of the BF Clyde's as museum page. When you're done here, I put together a few photos of a 2013 visit too. Since you were wondering, no, I haven’t used this title before. Over … [Read more...]
Hogans Cider Mill
I’m Mulling This One Over Hogans Cider Mill, Burlington October 31, 2010 I’m conflicted. You know I love long-lasting local businesses who use local goods. And who wouldn’t love a century-old cider mill on a perfect fall day in north central Connecticut? Apparently, that would be me. Back when I put … [Read more...]
143. B.F. Clyde’s Cider Mill
How You Like These Apples? Old Mystic section of Stonington (Google Maps location) October 24, 2009 When you're all done here, you can check out a few photos from a 2013 visit when we had two boys with us. Since you were wondering, no, I haven’t used this title before. Over at the oldest operational cider … [Read more...]
ASME: BF Clyde’s Cider Mill
ASME Landmark #181 (1898) BF Clyde's Steam Powered Cider Mill Mystic You very well may have stumbled onto this particular page about BF Clyde’s from one of the other entries around the website. After all, this place appears in four other spots – as a museum, as a cider (soft AND hard) mill, as the oldest … [Read more...]
Breweries & Brewpubs & Cideries
Beer. And Lots Of It The counts and "RIP's" and stuff on this page are in stasis until the COVID-19 shutdowns are no longer in place. I began this particular page in 2008 when there were four breweries in Connecticut: Cottrell, Hooker, New England, and Olde Burnside (RIP... for now). Only one had a tasting room … [Read more...]